ESX Virtualization

Winhance: The Free Windows 11 Enhancement Utility That Actually Delivers Control Back to Users

2026-06-05T09:41:41Z

If you have been running Windows 11 for any length of time, you already know the story. The OS arrives packed with telemetry, pre-installed apps you will never use, aggressive advertising, and a growing list of AI features that many power users and enthusiasts prefer to keep at arm’s length. Manual debloating with PowerShell scripts […]

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ProxCenter: The vCenter Alternative Proxmox Has Been Missing? – Interview with the Founder

2026-06-03T05:23:04Z

If you’re a virtualization enthusiast like me, you’ve probably spent the last couple of years watching VMware customers scramble for alternatives after the Broadcom acquisition turned licensing into a headache. I’ve been testing Proxmox VE for a while now (and even wrote about the official Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 release), and one thing keeps coming […]

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StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL): Building Ransomware-Proof Backup Architectures Without Physical Tape Libraries

2026-05-21T16:38:18Z

I have been blogging about virtualization, storage, and backup solutions since the late 2000s, I've seen backup strategies evolve dramatically. Physical tape libraries were once the gold standard for long-term retention and air-gapping, but they come with real pain points: high hardware and media costs, slow restore times, mechanical failures, and the logistical hassle of […]

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Microsoft Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore Feature

2026-05-19T13:41:42Z

If you manage Windows machines—whether in a small business environment, home lab, or as part of your daily IT consulting work – you know how frustrating it can be when something breaks after a bad update, driver install, or software change. Microsoft has been improving recovery options for years, and the new Point-in-Time Restore in […]

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Winslopr: The No-Nonsense Windows Slop Remover for Windows 11 Home Users and IT Admins Alike

2026-05-05T07:35:16Z

If you've been running Windows 11 for a while, you know the feeling. The OS itself is solid under the hood—great performance, modern UI elements, solid security foundations—but Microsoft keeps layering on stuff you didn't ask for. Telemetry, aggressive suggestions, Copilot (whether you want it or not), ads in the Start menu, OneDrive nagging, background […]

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XorMon v2.2 Is Out – What’s New and Why You Should Upgrade

2026-05-19T13:39:58Z

If you're managing a mixed IT environment – and let's be honest, who isn't these days – you know the pain of juggling five different monitoring tools at once. One for VMware, one for storage, one for backup, one for databases… it gets messy fast. That's exactly why I keep coming back to XorMon. It's […]

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Veeam Backup & Replication Q1 2026 Updates: Deep Dive into v13 Capabilities, Patches, and Emerging AI Governance Features

2026-04-28T12:39:55Z

Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) continues to set the pace in enterprise data resilience. With v13 having landed in November 2025 as a major architectural shift, Q1 2026 has delivered important post-GA refinements through patches, incremental workload enhancements, and the February 2026 introduction of Agent Commander. These additions build directly on the foundation of the […]

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Commvault at Google Cloud Next 2026: Smarter, Cheaper Data Protection for the AI Era

2026-05-04T08:17:50Z

Google Cloud Storage is scaling faster than most organisations can keep up with. Buckets routinely hold billions of objects and petabytes of data – driven by real-time analytics pipelines, cloud-native applications, and increasingly, the training data and outputs of AI workloads. The infrastructure is maturing fast. The data protection strategies around it, however, have largely […]

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NAKIVO Backup & Replication 11.2: Full Proxmox VE 9.0 Support, VMware vSphere 9 Readiness – And Why It’s Literally Half the Price

2026-04-17T13:17:47Z

If you’ve been reading ESX Virtualization since the VMware 3.x days (yeah, 2008–2024 archive still holds up), you know I’ve always had a soft spot for backup solutions that actually deliver real value instead of just burning your budget. I’ve tested pretty much every major player over the years – Veeam, Commvault, you name it […]

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How-to Update Lab with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra built from sources

2026-04-13T08:24:56Z

A couple of months ago I installed a lab (a nested virtual lab running under VMware Workstation) with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra. This virtualization solution should be familiar to you, for those of you who follow my blog sinca a long time. There are many reasons why many home labbers like me or other admins […]

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